The WORST episodes of Ben 10 (2016)

Every episode of Ben 10 (2016) ever, ranked from worst to best by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The worst episodes of Ben 10 (2016)!

Ben Tennyson, his cousin Gwen, and Grandpa Max travel the country for summer vacation. When Ben finds the Omnitrix, a mysterious watch that transforms him into 10 different aliens, a world of extraterrestrial superpowers opens up before him.

Last Updated: 12/16/2025Network: Cartoon NetworkStatus: Ended
Cosplay Day
star
5.43
7 votes

#1 - Cosplay Day

Season 4 - Episode 14 - Aired 3/15/2020

Team Tennyson enjoy the biggest convention in town, but when a gawky costume store employee finds a familiar-looking helmet in the back of the store and tries it on, Ben is faced with the return of an old foe in a new form: Forever Knight!

star
5.67
6 votes

#2 - The Chupaca-bro

Season 3 - Episode 17 - Aired 4/20/2019

Team Tennyson discovers that a small village's goats are being terrorized by the legendary Chupacabra, but when Ben realizes it's actually Dr. Animo, our hero must thwart the dastardly doctor before he uses the essence of the goats to power up into an unstoppable form!

Directors: Nollan Obena
The Feels
star
5.67
6 votes

#3 - The Feels

Season 2 - Episode 28 - Aired 5/14/2018

While Gwen and Max are enamored by wintertime fun during the summer, Ben isn't interested until the Weatherheads attack, intent on feeding off the emotional energy caused by destroying the town.

The Hex Factor
star
5.75
4 votes

#4 - The Hex Factor

Season 4 - Episode 24 - Aired 9/13/2020

When Hex mistakes an exclusive magic club for a top-secret Wizard society that snubbed him, Ben has to figure out how to work around the club's strict code of conduct to stop him without getting booted by security.

Tim Buk-TV
star
5.83
6 votes

#5 - Tim Buk-TV

Season 4 - Episode 20 - Aired 4/5/2020

Team Tennyson heads to the Okefenokee Swamp to witness the blooming of the Blushing Orchid, something that happens once every one hundred years. But their plans get disrupted when Tim Buk-Tu, trying to make his new 'reality' show more exciting, endangers the rare flower and everyone else at the swamp.

De-Fanged!
star
6.00
5 votes

#6 - De-Fanged!

Season 4 - Episode 31 - Aired 9/17/2020

Team Tennyson travel to the new Laser Town VR but when Kevin cheats his way to the top, Ben must team up with former champ Fang if he is going to defeat his souped-up rival.

That's the Stuff
star
6.00
6 votes

#7 - That's the Stuff

Season 2 - Episode 22 - Aired 4/9/2018

A mysterious alien substance copies Ben's appearance and powers while Ben is visiting a space museum, and quickly assumes the shape of other people, leaving the Tennysons to find a way to reveal who is actually the mysterious substance.

Writer: Joe Casey
Past Aliens Present
star
6.17
6 votes

#8 - Past Aliens Present

Season 2 - Episode 30 - Aired 5/21/2018

Ben is shocked to discover that Steam Smythe has built steampunk robots capable of masquerading as and matching Ben's aliens, hoping to discredit the hero's ever-growing popularity and simultaneously helping his crusade against modern technology.

Reststop Roustabout
star
6.18
11 votes

#9 - Reststop Roustabout

Season 2 - Episode 21 - Aired 4/8/2018

Ben, Gwen and Grandpa Max stop in the middle of the Midwest. While Ben makes himself comfortable in the mobile home with his tablet, Max and Gwen go outside to get some fresh air. When Gwen and Max are drawn into the hunt for a Jackalope, a mythical animal that looks like a rabbit with antlers, the mysterious animal soon starts tormenting Ben. But is it real or a trick of Ben's tablet-ladden mind? Air date from the UK

star
6.22
9 votes

#10 - Beach Heads

Season 3 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/16/2019

After traveling to Tampa Beach, Florida, Team Tennyson hopes to get some much-needed rest & relaxation, but the tempests without a temper, the Weatherheads, have other plans that Ben must thwart: to build a new beach base!

Directors: Nollan Obena
Queen of Bees
star
6.29
7 votes

#11 - Queen of Bees

Season 4 - Episode 9 - Aired 2/23/2020

Ben, Gwen and Grandpa Max arrive in Bismarck, North Dakota for its annual celebration of bee pollination, bringing them face-to-face with Queen Bee and a bold new scheme, forcing Ben to conquer his new fear of bees!

Growing up is Hard to Do
star
6.33
6 votes

#12 - Growing up is Hard to Do

Season 4 - Episode 23 - Aired 9/13/2020

Ben and Gwen are stoked to enter a skating competition, but when Nanny Nightmare shows up to teach the skater kids some manners by turning them into babies, it's up to Team Tennyson to up their game if they are to have any chance at saving the day.

star
6.38
8 votes

#13 - Billy Bajillions

Season 3 - Episode 10 - Aired 3/23/2019

In Aspen, Colorado, Ben, Gwen, and Grandpa Max are on a hike to find the Forgeti, but when they realize they've stumbled upon Billy Billions own "Winter in July" ski resort, Ben must battle Billy, with an assist from the Forgeti itself.

Directors: Nollan Obena
Can I Keep It?
star
6.40
20 votes

#14 - Can I Keep It?

Season 2 - Episode 2 - Aired 10/3/2017

After stumbling upon a cute cat-dog-rabbit creature hybrid, or Cadobbit, Ben ignores Grandpa Max's advice and sneaks the animal onto the Rust Bucket. Air date from the UK

Directors: Nollan Obena
Writer: Joseph Kelly
star
6.40
10 votes

#15 - Bridge Out

Season 3 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/16/2019

After an overpass collapses on the highway, Team Tennyson is in a traffic jam along with Simon Sez and family. But when Ben and Simon team up to tackle the gridlock together, Simon only makes matters much, much worse.

Directors: Nollan Obena
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Xingo's Back
star
6.44
9 votes

#16 - Xingo's Back

Season 2 - Episode 24 - Aired 4/11/2018

Left to entertain himself, Ben stumbles upon a Xingo arcade game and goes OE-Shock Rock to power it up; when the game receives too much juice, Xingo leaps out into the real world. Air date from Germany

Writer: Joe Casey
Fear the Fogg
star
6.50
6 votes

#17 - Fear the Fogg

Season 2 - Episode 27 - Aired 5/7/2018

Max tries to be with Ben and Gwen before sunset at the Four Corners Monument, but suddenly heavy fog descends on the street and the motor home is attacked.

Writer: Kevin Somers
Falls, Falls, Falls
star
6.50
6 votes

#18 - Falls, Falls, Falls

Season 4 - Episode 10 - Aired 2/23/2020

Team Tennyson looks to take in the sights of the Shoshone Falls, but when they arrive to find Steam Smythe siphoning off the water, it is up to Ben to distract the steam punk baddie long enough to allow Grandpa Max and Gwen the time to shut down the hydropower plant and save the Falls.

Innervasion Part 3: Strange Bedfellows
star
6.50
2 votes

#19 - Innervasion Part 3: Strange Bedfellows

Season 2 - Episode 38 - Aired 6/17/2018

After the Junkbot shoots the Omnitrix and it begins glowing neon-blue, an imprisoned Vilgax explains it is now a gateway through which the Fulmini Empire will invade Earth, but the only way to stop them is from within the Omnitrix, so Ben must team up with the ultimate baddie if he is to save his planet.

Assault on Pancake Palace
star
6.56
9 votes

#20 - Assault on Pancake Palace

Season 2 - Episode 16 - Aired 2/1/2018

When Max enters a pancake eating contest at the famous Pancake Palace, Ben finds the Bugg Brothers and must stop them before they obtain an endless supply of Pancake Palace pancakes. Air date from the UK

Chicken In Chichen Itza, Part 2: The Wages of Fear
star
6.56
9 votes

#21 - Chicken In Chichen Itza, Part 2: The Wages of Fear

Season 4 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/19/2020

Team Tennyson help transport a caged Quetzalcoatl through the Yucatan jungle, only to encounter a saboteur, LaGrange, who hijacks the precious cargo and leads our heroes on a high-octane off-road chase!

The Charm Offensive
star
6.57
7 votes

#22 - The Charm Offensive

Season 2 - Episode 26 - Aired 5/7/2018

When Ben and Gwen visit Fort Knox, the villainous Charmcaster appears, seeking revenge for Michael Morningstar; Gwen faces off against Charmcaster to prove her worth to the team.

Dreamtime
star
6.67
3 votes

#23 - Dreamtime

Season 2 - Episode 35 - Aired 6/16/2018

After a series of recurring nightmares affect his sleep, Ben refuses to open up to Max and Gwen about what's bothering him. Before long, the entire team is trapped in his nightmares as well, putting them up against Zombozo in a nightmare world. Airdate in Australia

Directors: Nollan Obena
Bounty Ball
star
6.67
6 votes

#24 - Bounty Ball

Season 2 - Episode 25 - Aired 4/20/2018

While Gwen listens to a lecture on the Transcontinental Railroad, Ben sneaks away to the gift shop; Gwen must relay the information she learned on the train to help Ben escape the Bounty Hunters.

Writer: Joe Kelly
star
6.67
9 votes

#25 - Buggin' the Buggs

Season 3 - Episode 12 - Aired 3/30/2019

Team Tennyson wonders what the Bugg Brothers are up to when the group runs into the villains while vacationing at the Chrysalen Institute.

Directors: Nollan Obena